http://citizenreporter.org/2009/01/grandparents-and-i-got-yelled-at/ Under-reported news + global concerns by a Portuguese-American, activist-journalist based in Amsterdam. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:06:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://citizenreporter.org/2009/01/grandparents-and-i-got-yelled-at/comment-page-1/#comment-164720 DRock Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:28:50 +0000 http://citizenreporter.org/?p=1573#comment-164720 You want to know whether or not it's a big deal...have ya checked in with any black folks the past few days? Trying not to get sappy here but Obama's story was true, 60 years ago his father wouldn't be served at a restaurant or be able to see a movie on Pennsylvania Ave, now a black guy and his family live at 1600 Penn Ave. I was on the Mall for much of the weekend and the inauguration. Of the 1.5 - 2 million people that were down there I saw 2 protesters. 2 young white people yelling "Obama is the new black face of white oppression" I stood around to watch the scene, it was entertaining to see thousands of people mostly black laughing at them and handing their leaflets back to them saying with a big smile "boy you're crazy" my favorite was one guy said "damn those white kids are tripping, where did they learn that shit" You want to know whether or not it’s a big deal…have ya checked in with any black folks the past few days? Trying not to get sappy here but Obama’s story was true, 60 years ago his father wouldn’t be served at a restaurant or be able to see a movie on Pennsylvania Ave, now a black guy and his family live at 1600 Penn Ave. I was on the Mall for much of the weekend and the inauguration. Of the 1.5 – 2 million people that were down there I saw 2 protesters. 2 young white people yelling “Obama is the new black face of white oppression” I stood around to watch the scene, it was entertaining to see thousands of people mostly black laughing at them and handing their leaflets back to them saying with a big smile “boy you’re crazy” my favorite was one guy said “damn those white kids are tripping, where did they learn that shit”

]]> http://citizenreporter.org/2009/01/grandparents-and-i-got-yelled-at/comment-page-1/#comment-164717 Unsilent Majority Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:34:43 +0000 http://citizenreporter.org/?p=1573#comment-164717 Grandparents shape us in ways me don't realize until later. Grandparents shape us in ways me don’t realize until later.

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